Kevin Schembri is Head of the Department of Pastoral Theology, Liturgy and Canon Law at the University of Malta, where he lectures in Canon Law and Pastoral Praxis. He is also a Visiting Lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University within the Pontifical Oriental Institute in Rome, and a member of the editorial board of Marriage, Family & Spirituality, a refereed journal based at KU Leuven. From 2021 to 2025, he served as a member of the University of Malta Senate.
He studied philosophy and theology (BA, SThB, SThL) at the University of Malta, and went on to obtain a licentiate and doctorate summa cum laude in Canon Law and Jurisprudence (JCL, JCD, PG Dip Juris) from the Pontifical Gregorian University. His monograph, Oikonomia, Divorce and Remarriage in the Eastern Orthodox Tradition, received the Emerging Scholar Book Prize from the European Society for Catholic Theology.
Alongside his academic responsibilities, Schembri serves as a member of the Maltese Metropolitan Tribunal, a member of the Safeguarding Review Board of the Maltese Episcopal Conference, and Chair of the diocesan commission for the spiritual animation of the clergy. He is also frequently invited to lead retreats and workshops in various areas of pastoral ministry.
